Athlete Profile: Riel Allain

February 16th, 2015

Born

1992

Hometown

Chealsea, QC

Currently living

Freiburg, Germany (until August 2015)

Club

Ottawa Orienteering/Gundelfinger TS

Occupation

Student

Which of your 2014 result(s) are you most proud of and why?
If I had to choose, I had a good race in Constance Bay (it was a Ottawa Orienteering B-meet). It was a clean race, with no mistakes over 30 seconds.

What races are on your 2015 calendar?
Febuary: POM in Portugal
March 7-11: Lipica Open in Slovenia
March 21-22: Canal de Castilla in Spain
July: O-Ringen
Possibly more, but that is it for now… any suggestions?

Which race/races are you most excited about for 2015?
All of them, I have never raced in Europe before. I have never seen or participated in such massive events.

What is one place that you want to orienteer in, but haven’t had a chance to yet?
Switzerland- route choices, route choices, they are endless! And so many contour lines!

What is your favourite post-race indulgence?
Peanut butter and honey sandwich, this will be hard while living in Europe, as they do not like peanut butter as much as we do.

What goals do you have for 2015, outside of orienteering?
Perfect my German, travel around Europe, meet new people, get good grades and have fun!